Photography online

I just found something fantastic for people interested in photography. While browsing about Joseph Heinrich Darchinger I happened upon an online magazine for contemporary photography – Le Journal de la Photographie (don’t worry, you can also read it in English). The site posts photo-news every day and claims to “cover all the current events in the world of photography”. You can see the works of many young photographers, introduced with a short story about how the work was born.

Some photos:

Natalie Krick – Natural Deceptions. The photographer pictures her mother in different outfits in non-traditional ways. Very strong and sexy photographs.

Marion Dubier-Clark – This Way We Live. Series of photos that show the alternative way of life a a punk family (not like the punks we are used to see) – liberal, environmentally friendly, non-violent, self-sufficient.

Joseph (Jupp) Heinrich Darchinger: The photographer who documented West-Gemany after WWII. His work includes 1,6 Million negatives, 60.000 positives und 30.000 dias.

meine kleine Kunstgeschichte

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